2d. Resources for Resource Sharing

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Resouces for Resource Sharing

What is a RSS?

How to create a custom RSS feed.

LDS Sites:
- Official LDS RSS Feeds
- LDS Scriptures Daily
- Custom Scripture Podcast (for iTunes)

Technology and Education Feeds:
- The EduBlogger
- Edutopia
- Kathy Schrock's Ed Tech Blog Picks

Try Content Sites for Feeds:
- NASA - earth and space science
- National Geographic Videos - biology and social science
- Utah Educational Network (UEN)
How to Add a RSS feed to your own sites

Blogger:
If you have used Blogger to create your PLE
  1. goto Layout tab->Page Elements
  2. click on the "Add a Gadget" Button
  3. select the Feed gadget
  4. enter one of the RSS feeds you found
WikiSpaces:
If you have used wikispaces to create your PLE
  1. edit a page and click on the Widgets icon (looks like a little TV).
  2. click on the RSS Feed widget
  3. follow instructions to add an RSS feed to your site.

PBWiki:
If you have used PBWiki to create your PLE

  1. edit the page where you want to put the RSS feed
  2. click on insert plugin->productivity->any Google gadget
  3. click on the "here" link to access the Google gadget directory (this should open the directory in a new browser tab or window)
  4. type in the search term RSS
  5. select a google gadget like Slim RSS Reader, or Simple RSS Reader (I had some problems with CustomRSS gadget)
  6. click on the button that says "add to your webpage" (this will give you a page where you will customize your gadget)
  7. cut and paste the RSS feed URL where prompted
  8. click the button at the bottom of the page that says "get the code"
  9. a box should open with text in it that begins with "<script src=" and ends with "</script>" and has a whole bunch of junk in between.
  10. copy the text (i.e., code) from this box and paste it back in the PBWiki box that you left in step 3
  11. Click the "preview" button and then the "OK" button
  12. save your wiki page

Google Sites:
When you are editing a page . . .
  1. click on insert->more
  2. this will take you to a list of google gadgets
  3. type in the search term RSS
  4. select a google gadget like CustomRSS, Slim RSS Reader, or Simple RSS Reader
  5. cut and paste the RSS feed URL where prompted
  6. save the page
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Blogger:
If you have used Blogger to create your PLE
  1. goto Layout tab->Page Elements
  2. click on the "Add a Gadget" Button
  3. select the Link List gadget
  4. Enter the Title of the list and the link URLs with their titles.

WikiSpaces:
If you have used wikispaces to create your PLE
  1. select or create a page to edit
  2. highlight text that is on the page
  3. click on the link icon in the editing tool bar
  4. select the external link button
  5. enter the link URL
  6. click OK

PBWiki:
If you have used PBWiki to create your PLE
  1. select or create a page to edit
  2. highlight text that is on the page
  3. click on the link icon in the editing tool bar
  4. select URL under link type
  5. enter the link URL
  6. click OK

Google Sites:
If you have used Google Sites to create your PLE
  1. select or create a page to edit
  2. highlight text that is on the page
  3. click on the word "Link" in the editing tool bar
  4. select the Web Address option
  5. enter the link URL
  6. click OK
*Remember that you have to find resources that match specific curriculum objectives. These general repository sites may be a good place to start looking.


Utah Educational Network (UEN)

MATH:

LANGUAGE ARTS:

SCIENCE:

SOCIAL STUDIES: